Ball State, Bowling Green try to escape MAC cellar

BSU, Bowling Green in 5-way tie for last

11:42 PM,
Feb. 1, 2013

Billy Taylor

Written by

Thomas St. Myer
tstmyer@muncie.gannett.com

Two teams nestled in a five-way tie for worst record in the Mid-American Conference, and desperate to return to Cleveland after missing out last year, take the Stroh Center court this afternoon for a game with tournament seeding implications.

Both Ball State and Bowling Green lost in the opening round of the MAC tournament last season. The first round of the tournament is played on campus sites with the better seed hosting, and then the remainder of the tournament takes place at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.

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